I'm also a perl newbie, but couldn't you use a hash? Something like:
%fullMonth = (  jan => January,
                feb => February,
                mar => March,
                etc...);
print "Month: $fullMonth{$month}";

-eric


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to write a subroutine that returns the full month name, for
example January, or February when I call the subroutine and pass a
scalar, for example $m that could have a value in one of the following
format

1. three letter format, for example jan or feb, or
2. one or digit format for example "01" or "1" for january

Example:

sub returnFullmonth{

}

from the main program:

$month ="Feb";
#or $month = "02" or "2";

$fullMonth = &returnFullmonth($month);

print "Month: $fullMonth";
expected out put: Month: February

can some help me and tell me how to write the subroutine?

Many thanks in advance.

bbrecht



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